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Induction really is better in a lot of important ways (especially if you value your time and cook every day). The only thing I hate to cook on it is wok-style o

Induction really is better in a lot of important ways (especially if you value your time and cook every day). The only thing I hate to cook on it is wok-style or anything where the pan has to move quickly with fine temperature control. Most of the time, I can blast the rice on max and slide the pan around to similar effect, but it's not ideal and it can "run away" very quickly if food gets stuck. Aside from the few caveats, I can't imagine going without. Bringing water or oil to temperature is easily 3-5x faster on my 5kW element. Waiting for a semi-direct flame to heat your pot is so primitive by comparison. Then, there is the cleaning aspect. My induction cooktop takes 15 seconds to wipe down. My last gas range had some parts go through dishwasher, with others getting toothbrush-in-sink treatment. Unless you like cooking on a dirty range, this adds up fast.

ryantgtg 4y ago
Do you ever need to heat tortillas? We put those directly on our gas range, and are wondering what the induction solution is.
ajross 4y ago
Also safety: you can boil over a pot, pick it up, and just wipe the spilled gunk off the stove and the bottom of the pot with your other hand using nothing more than a rag. That's not to say you can't get an induction pan searing hot (small pans can actually get much hotter than ones over gas), but you have to work at it. Generally the pan is no hotter than its contents.
- bob1029 4y ago
  The safety has some fun and practical side effects. I put a paper towel between my cast iron deep fryer and my cooktop to keep it from leaving those weird oily rings behind. That said... the ridiculous power does have 1 downside relative to safety. If you are heating oil on an induction cooktop, please set a contingency timer somewhere to remind you to turn it off. In the amount of time it takes a gas range to get oil dangerously-smoking, induction has already ignited it and its been a raging inferno for at least 2 minutes.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
    Mine have more 'UI' than I need. I just use 4 of the buttons. 1 is ON/OFF, where OFF is often superflous, because the timer function does that. Another cycles between choice/display of watts, temperature, or timer, indicated by three LEDs in a row above it. In steps of 10°C, 100Watts, or minutes, chosen by 2 others to the right and left of it, +(UP)/-(DOWN). I'm using temperature only, which is at 180°C by default. Tip, beep, tip, beep, long tap, boop. Indicated by 4 7-segment LEDs. There are other buttons for choosing programs, but I don't use them. Too unintuive. Just using the +/- on demand, according to sight & smell. Except for the timer, that's useful sometimes.
Quiza12 4y ago
Agree with it all. Although I'll add that I miss charring vegies over the naked flame, as well.

ryantgtg 4y ago

Do you ever need to heat tortillas? We put those directly on our gas range, and are wondering what the induction solution is.

ajross 4y ago

Also safety: you can boil over a pot, pick it up, and just wipe the spilled gunk off the stove and the bottom of the pot with your other hand using nothing more than a rag. That's not to say you can't get an induction pan searing hot (small pans can actually get much hotter than ones over gas), but you have to work at it. Generally the pan is no hotter than its contents.

bob1029 4y ago
The safety has some fun and practical side effects. I put a paper towel between my cast iron deep fryer and my cooktop to keep it from leaving those weird oily rings behind. That said... the ridiculous power does have 1 downside relative to safety. If you are heating oil on an induction cooktop, please set a contingency timer somewhere to remind you to turn it off. In the amount of time it takes a gas range to get oil dangerously-smoking, induction has already ignited it and its been a raging inferno for at least 2 minutes.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
  Mine have more 'UI' than I need. I just use 4 of the buttons. 1 is ON/OFF, where OFF is often superflous, because the timer function does that. Another cycles between choice/display of watts, temperature, or timer, indicated by three LEDs in a row above it. In steps of 10°C, 100Watts, or minutes, chosen by 2 others to the right and left of it, +(UP)/-(DOWN). I'm using temperature only, which is at 180°C by default. Tip, beep, tip, beep, long tap, boop. Indicated by 4 7-segment LEDs. There are other buttons for choosing programs, but I don't use them. Too unintuive. Just using the +/- on demand, according to sight & smell. Except for the timer, that's useful sometimes.

Quiza12 4y ago

Agree with it all. Although I'll add that I miss charring vegies over the naked flame, as well.